The

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's 76th Space Control Squadron is an offensive counter space unit located at

Peterson Air Force Base Peterson Space Force Base, previously Peterson Air Force Base, Peterson Field, and Army Air Base, Colorado Springs, is a United States Space Force base that shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and is home t ...

, Colorado. The Squadron replaced the original 76th Space Control squadron in 2008 when that squadron returned to its historic role as a fighter unit.

Mission

The 76th Space Control Squadron is an

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unit responsible for delivering offensive counterspace and space situational awareness, as appropriate, to rapidly achieve flexible and versatile effects in support of global and theater campaigns.

History

In 2008 the Air Force decided to return the

76th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 76th Space Control Squadron is an offensive counter space unit located at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The Squadron replaced the original 76th Fighter Squadron, 76th Space Control squadron in 2008 when that s ...

to its traditional role as a fighter. To emphasize the continuity of the space mission, the Air Force decided to constitute a new unit with the same name and number. The new 76th Squadron continued the mission of operating the Counter Satellite Communications System, which had been deployed in 2004 as an offensive system to disrupt hostile satellite systems. In February 2015 the unit was inactivated and personnel absorbed into its sister unit, the 4th Space Control Squadron.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 76th Space Control Squadron on 16 November : Activated on 22 January 2008

Assignments

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, 22 January 2008 – February 2015

Locations

, Colorado, 22 January 2008 – February 2015

Equipment Operated

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References

Bibliography

External links

76th Space Control Squadron Fact Sheet
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